May 10, 2018 MAMMA MIA

Mother's Day. It's that time of year again--people getting together to celebrate their moms. Being a mother is HARD work and deserves recognition.  It's a 24 hour a day--never ending job. It's the most humbling job you will ever have--AND the most exhausting. You think it's exhausting when they're LITTLE because they don't stop for a second right?? Well-- I'm here to tell you that--that's the EASY PART. At least you know where they are every second and you can keep them "safe." It's when they get older that it gets MENTALLY EXHAUSTING. The worry is constant--we HAVE to let go though because they have to find their way in the world. They have to learn to fail--pull themselves up by their boot straps--and try again. It's a hard thing for a parent to watch--it's actually pure agony because we always want to make everything better AND WE CAN'T. We also have to learn to let go and that's SO HARD.  Being a mother is the toughest-- most-- rewarding job in the world. Pat yourselves on the back MOMS--you've done good.

Just finished an amazing book that I could hardly put down. It's the extremely popular New York Times Bestseller The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn. The main character of this thriller is Dr. Anna Fox, a child psychologist who lives in New York City.  Anna is a recluse with agoraphobia who hasn't left her house in eleven months.  She literally spends her days at home drinking red wine, watching movies and spying on her neighbors. She seems to be estranged from her husband Ed and daughter Olivia too.  After a new family, the Russells, move in across the park, Anna begins to watch them too. One night after too many drinks and prescription meds, Anna believes she has witnessed a murder--Mrs Russell stabbed in the chest. This is the beginning of a mystery that is quite a roller coaster ride; especially, after Mrs. Russell shows up alive and well the next day. Don't want to tell  much more than that because I don't want to spoil one second of this book. It's about 425 easy pages--or a 4.5 mile run--that will blow your mind--ONCE YOU START IT--YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN--so clear your calendar.